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With the grace of a supermodel and the serves of a super heavyweight, Sharapova scored a brilliant victory, depriving the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, of a Grand Slam title that could have been theirs. It also happened to be the title of winner of the unofficial world’s lawn tennis championship. Among the numerous records the 17-year-old set in London, particularly noteworthy is the fact that she became the first #13 seed to break the unfortunate tradition of losing at the early stages of the tournament. In the 120-year-long history of the grand lawn tennis championships at Wimbledon, she was the third youngest athlete to win the precious “Silver Bowl” (after Martina Hingis, who won in 1997 at the age of 16). She was also the first Russian to win at this championship. Sharapova’s triumph was “much needed” for women’s tennis, said “the Queen of Wimbledon”, Martina Navratilova, who won 9 singles’ championships there. “It’s great for women's tennis”, said Navratilova, “This is the best thing that could have happened”. The international tennis legend said that the Russian’s overwhelming victory over Serena Williams, the top seeded player at the tournament, who had been dominating women's tennis, was a stunning win. “What a talent,” said Navratilova, “We saw it from the very start, Sharapova was very focused on what she wanted to achieve and extremely committed to her cause”. |